Improvement in holdbacks



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEro GEORGE D. OLEAVELAND,`OF ELINT, INDIANA,ASSIGNOR OF TVO-THIRDS IIIS RIGHT TO HORACE E. DAVIS AND LUOIUS W. HALL,OF SAME IJLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT INHOLDBACKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 143,964, dated October28, 1873; application lecl u i July 19, 1873.

To all Whom fit may concern:

Ile it known that I, GEORGE D. @LEAVE- LAND, of Flint, Steuben county,State of In` diana, have invented certain Improvements in Holdbaeks onShafts of Carriages, of which the following is 'a speeication:

The object of iny invention is to provide for safety in the use ofholdbaeks attached to shafts of carriages. My invention consists inconstructing a tube With a slot at the top, with piston Will be drawnout of the tube.

In order to more fully describe lny nvenA tion, I refer to theaccompanying drawing :forming` a part of this speeiication..

Figure l represents a top view of my imA proved holdbaek. Fig. 2 is aside view of the san 1e. Y

A is a tube; I), the slot. II is the solid part of tube A. C C are thelegs, fastened by screws (1 d to the shaft or pole E E of a carriage. Fis a piston. G is a stirrup or ring fastened to the piston F.

Having` thus described iny invention, I de sire to claimrEhe tube A,with slot b, piston F, and stirrup or ring` G, in combination with thesha-tts E E, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE D. CLEAVELAND. ViVtnesses WASHINGTON L. Woon, ALoIs M. Loon'.

